REV. DR. TALIJAGE.
Tilt BBOOKliYSr IM VISE'S ftUXDAY
.. NKRHON. .
lreicl4 Athens, Greece, on tht
Glory ol' the After lafe.
' Texts : " Eye hath not seen nor ear heard.?
, 1 Corinthians ii., 0. "For now we set
through a glass darkly" I Corinthians
xiii., 12.. .
Both these sentences written by the most
illustrious merely human being the world
ever saw. cms who walked these streets, and
preached from yonder pile of rocks, Mars
- iiili. i bough more classic associations are
connected with thin city than with "any cuv
under the sun, because here Socrates, and
Til 1 I A . '4.-1.1- - -1 Vv . .11 . 1
i law, ana Arisroue, ana jcmostuenes, anu
Pericles, and Herdditus, and Pythagoras, and
Xenophon, and Praxiteles wrote or chiseled,
or taught or thundered or 6ung, yet in my
; mind ail those men and their teachings were
eclipsed by Paul and the Uospel fie preached
in this city and in your nearby city of Cor
inth. Yesterday, standing on the old fortress
at Coriuth, the Acro-Corinthus, out from the
ruins at its baso arose in my imagination the
. old city, just as Paul saw it. 1 have been
told that for splendor the world beholds no
such wonder to-day as that' ancient Corinth
standing on an isthmus washed by two seas,
the one sea bringing the commerce of Europe,
the other sea bringing the commerce of Asia.
From her wharves, in the construction of
which whole kingdoms hod been absorbed,
war galleys with three banks of oars pushed
out and confounded the navy yards of all the
world. Huge handed niach'iuery. such as
modem' Invention cannot equal, lifted ships
from the sea on one side and trauported
them on trucks across the isthmus and sat
them down in the sea on the other side. The
revenue .' officers of the city wont down
. through the , olive grovos that lined the
beach to collect a tariff from all nations.
The mirth ef all people sported in her
Isthmian games, and the beauty of all
lands sat in her, theatres, walked her
porticos and threw itself on the altar of
her stupendous dissipations. Column and
, statue and temple bewildered the beholder.
There were white marble fountains, into
which, from apertures at the side, there
gushed waters everywhere known for health
giving qualities. Around these basins,
twisted into wreaths of stone, there were all
the beauties ef sculpture and architecture;
while standing, as if to guard the costly dis
play, was a statue of Hercules of burnished
Corinthian brass. Vases of terra cotta
adorned the cemeteries of the dead vases so
costly that Julius Caesar was not satisfied un
til he had captured them for Rome. Armed
officials, the corintharii, paced up and down
to see that no statue was defaced, no pedestal
overthrown, no bas-relief touched. From the
edge of the city the hill held its magnificent
burden of columns and towers and temples
(1000 slaves waiting at one shrine), and a
citadel 60 thoroughly impregnable that Gib
raltar is a heap of sand compared with it.
Amid all that strength and magnificence
Corinth stood and defied the world.
Oht it was not to rustics who bad never
seen anything grand that Paul uttered one
. of my texts. They had heard the best music
that had come from the best instruments in
nil the world; they had heard songs floating
from morning porticos and melting1 in even
ing groves; they had passed their whole lives
among pictures and sculpture and architect
ure ana Lorinrnian urass, wmcn nau oeeu
molded and shaped until there was no
chariot wheel in which it had not sped, and
no tower in which it had not glittered, and
no gateway that it had not adorned. Ah, it
was a bold thine for Paul to stand there amid
, all that and say: "All this is nothing. These
sounds that come from the temple of Neptune
are not music compared with the harmaies
of which I speak. These waters rushing in
the basin of Pyrcne are not pure. These
statues of Bacchus and Mercury are not ex
quisite. Your citadel of Acro-Corinthus is
not strong compared with that which I offer
to the poorest slave that puts down his bur
den at the brazen Rate. You Corinthians
think this is a splendid city; you think you
have heard alt sweet sounds and seen all
beautiful sights; but I tell you eye hath not
een nor ear heard, neither have entered into
the heart of man, the things which God hath
prepared for them that love Him." Indeed,
both my texts, the one spoken by Paul and
the one written by Paul, show us that we
have very imperfect eyesight, and that our
day of vision is yet to come; for now we seo
through a glass, darkly, but then face to face.
tSo Paul takes the responsibility of saying 1
man even tiie Jbioie is an indistinct mirror,
and that its mission shall be finally suspended.
I think there may be one Bible in lieaven
fastened to the throne. Just as now, in a
museum, we have a lamp exhumed from
, Herculaneum or Nineveh, and we look at it
with great interest and say: "How poor a
light it must have given, compared with our
modern lamps," so I think that this Bible,
which was a lamp to our feet in this world,
may lie near the throne of God, exciting our
, interest to all eternitv bv the contrast be
tween xts comparatively feeble light and the
illumination of hear en. The Bible, now, is
the scaffolding to the rising temple, but
when the building is done there will bo no
, UB6 fot the scaffolding. The idea I shall de
velop to-day is, that in this world our knowl
edge is comparatively dim and unsatisfac
tory, but nevertheless is introductory to
grander and more complete vision. This is
eminently true in regard to our view of God,
We hear so much about God that wo con
clude that we understand Him. Ho is rcprc
eonted as having the tenderness of a father,
' the firmness of a judge, the pomp of a king
!tuid the lovo of a mother. We near about
jilim, talk about Him, write about Him. Wo
;'lisp His namo in infancy, and it trembles on
' tongue of the dying octogenarian. We
4YSn1r fh&f IrnAn. tamw mwU V.A..t tT.w.
.u4ft vuiw TC uiwn ICI J utuuu nwui JIJL1IU.
Take the attribute of mercy. Do we under
stand it? The Bible blossoms all over with
thatword,mercy. It speaks again and again
: of the tender mercies of God, of the sure
mercies, of the great mercies, of the mercy
that endureth forever, of the multitude of
His mercies. And yet I know that the views
we have of this great being are most indefi
nite, one sided and incomplete. When, at
. death, the gates shall fly open, and we shall
look directly upon Him, how new and sur-
: prising! We see upon canvas a picture of
. the morning. We study the cloud in the sky,
the dew upon the grass, and the husbandman
on the way to the field. Beautiful picture of
; the morning ! But we rise at daybreak, and
go up on a hill to see for ourselves that which
was represented to us. While we look, t he
mountains are transfigured. The burnished
gates of heaven swing open and shut, to let
pass a .host of fiery splendors. The clouds
are all abloom, and hang pendant from arbors
of alabaster and amethyst. The waters make
pathway of inlaid pearl for the light to walk
upon; and there is morning on the sea. The
crags uncover their scarred visage; and there
is morning among the mountains. Now yon
go home, and how tame your picture of tho
, morning seems in contrast? Greater than
that shall be the contrast between this script
'iral view of God and that which we shall
have when standing face to face. This is a
picture of the morning; that will be the
morning itself. 1
Again: My texta are true of the Saviour's
excellency, tsy image, and sweet rnytnni or
expression, and startling antitheses, Christ is
Fet forth His lc ve, His compassion, His work,
His life, His death, His resurrection. We are
challenged to measure it, to compute it, to
weigh -it. In the hour of our broken en
thraHmenfc, we mount up into high experi
ence of His love, and shout until the coun
tenan glows, and the blood bounds, and
the whole nature fs exhilarated. "I have
found Him.' And yet it is through a glass,
darkly. We seo not half of that oompastdoit
ate Jace. We feel not half the warmth of
that loving heart. We wait for death to let
us m- h into II is outspread arms. Then we
f-l.a'J U face to f.'ico. Not shadow then, but
substance. Not LojHJthen, but the fulfilling
of oil preflpircmcnt. That will be a magnifi-
t iijUiling.
'i L; rushing out in view of alt hidden e.t
o . v; the t'i..ji i i aain of a long-ali-.nt
J' ' I'iivt ii' - . "tin ra-.'i in penury
r; i ' but a., "lot a lijthl Hid pou. uit 1
Ioutburstingjoy such as none but a glorified
JULTTlliVliV V VApCI ICU.Xi .'U W (CjCft&U
full upon tho brow that was lacerated, upon
the side that was pierced, upon the feet that
were nailed; to stand close up in the presence
oi mm who prayed iot us on iuo mountain,
and thought of us bv the sea. and (iconized
for Us in the garden, and died for us in horri
ble crucifixion; to feel of Him, to embrace
Him, to take Ilis hand, to kiss His feet, to
run our fingers along the scars of ancient suf
fering; to say: "This is my Jesus I He
gave Himself icr me. I shall never leave
His presence. I shall forever behold His
glory. I shall eternally 'hear His voice.
Lord Jesus, now I see Thee! I behold where
the blood started, where the tears coursed,
where tho face was distorted. I have waited
for this hour. I shall never turn my back
on Thee. No more looking through imper
fect glasses. No more.studving Thee in the
darkness. But, as long as tin's throne stands,
and this everlasting river flows, and those
garlands bloom, and those arches of victory
remain to greet liome heaven's conquerors,
so longl shall see Thee, Jesus of my choice;
Jesus of my song; Jesus of my triumph for
ever and forever faco to face !"
The idea of my texts is just as true when
applied to God's providence. Who has not
come to some pass in lifo thoroughly inex-
SteaDl?. You say: "What does this mean?
rhat is God going to do with me now? He
tells -Die that all tilings work together for
good. - This does not look like it." You con
tinue to study tho dispensation, and after a
while guess about what God means. "He
means to teach mo this. 1 think lie means to
teach me that. Perhaps it is to humble my
pride. Perhaps it ia to make mo feel more
dependent. Perhaps to teach mo the uncer
tainty of life." But after all, it is only a
guess a looking through the glass, darkly.
The Bible assures us there shall bo a satisfac
tory unfolding. "What I do thou knowest
not now; but thou shalt know hereafter."
You will know why God took to Himself that
only child. Next door there was a household
of seven children. Why not take one from
that group, instead of your only one ! Why
single out the dwelling in which there was
only ono heart beating responsive to yours?
Why did God give you a child at all, if He
rnfcmt to take it away? Why fill the cup of
your gladness brirnming, u lie meant to- oasn
it down? Why allow all tho tendrils of your
heart to wind around mat object, ana then,
when every fibre of vour own life seemed to
be interlocked with the child's lifo, with
strong hand to tear you apart, until you fall
bleeding and crushed, your dwelling desolate,
your hopes Ijlastwl. your heart broken? Do
vou suppose that unci will explain that? Yea.
He will make it plainer than any mathemat
ical problem as plain as that two and two
make four. In the light of the throne you
will see that it was right all right. "Just
and true are all Thy ways, Thou King of
Baints."
Here is a man who cannot get on in the
world. He always seems to buy nt the
wrong time and to sell at the worst disad
vantage. He tries this enterprise, and fails;
that business, and is disappointed. The man
next door to him has a lucrative trade, but
he lacks customers. A new prospect opens.
His income is inereasl. But that year his
family aro sick; and the profits'are expended
in trying to cure the ailments. Ho gets a
uiscouraged look. Becomes faithless as to
success. Begins to expect disasters. Others
wait for something to turn up; he wait for
it to turn down. Others; with only half as
much education and character, get on twice
ns well. He sometimes guesses as to what it
all means. .Ho says: "Perhaps riches would
spoH me. Perhaps poverty is necessary to
keep me humble. Perhaps I might, if things
were otherwise, be tempted into dissipa
tions." But there is no complete solution of
the mystery. He sees through a glass, dark
ly, and must wait for a higher unfolding.
Will there lie an explanation? Yes; God
will take that man in the light of the throne,
and say : "Child immortal, hear the explana
tion! You remember the failing of that
great enterprise. This is the explanation."
And you will answer: "It is all right!"
I see, every day, profound mysteries of
Providence. There is no question we ask
oftener than Why? There are hundreds of
graves that need to bo explained. Hospitals
for the blind and lame, asylums for the idio
tic and insane, almshouses for tho destitute,
and a world of pain and misfortune that de
mand more than human solution. Ah ! God
will clear it all up. In the light tlmt pours
from the throne, no dark mystery can live.
Things now utterly inscrutable will be il
lumined as plainly as though the answer
were written on the jasper wall, or sounded
in the temple anthem. Barthneus will thank
God that he was blind; and Lazarus that he
was covered with sores; and Joseph that he
was cast into the pit; and Daniel that he
denned with lions; and Paul that he was
liumpbacRea; and Uavid that he was driven
from J erusalem and the sewing-woman that
t.he could get only a few pence for making a
garment: and that invalid that for twenty
years ho could not lift his head from the pil
low; and that widow that she had such hard
work to earn bread for her children. You
know that in a song different voices carry
different parts. The sweet and overwhelm
ing part f the hallelujah of heaven will not
be carried by those who rode in liigh places,
and gave sumptuous entertainments; but
pauper children will sing it, beggars will
sing it, redeemed hod-carriers will sing it,
those who were once the offscouring of earth
will sing it. The haUelu jah will be all the
grander for earth's weeping eyes, and aching
heads, and exhausted hands, and scourged
backs, and martyred agonies.
Again: The thought of my texts is true
when applied to the enjoyment of the right
eous in heaven. I think we have but little
idea of the number of tha righteous in heav
en. Infidels say: "Your heaven will be a
very small place" compared with the world of
the lost; for, according to your teaching, the
majority of men will be destroyed." l'deny
the charge. I suppose tLat the multitude of
the finally lost, as compared with tho multi
tude of the finally saved, will be a handful.
I suppose that the few sick people ill tho hos
pitals of our great cities, as compared with
the hundreds ol thousands of well people,
would not be smaller than the number of
those who shall be cast out in suffering, com
pared with those who shall have upon them
the health of heaven. For we are to remem
ber that we are living in only the beginning
of the Christian dispensation, and that this
whole world is to be populated and redeemed,
and that ages of light and love are to flow
on. If this be so, the multitudes of the saved
will be In vast majority. Take all the con
gregations that have assembled for worship
throughout Christendom. Put them together,
and they would make but a small audience
compared with the thousand and tens of
thousands, and ten thousand times ten thou
sand, and the hundred and forty and four
thousand that shall stand around the
throne. Those flashed" up to heaven in
martyr fires; those tossed for many years
upon the invalid couch; those fought in the
armies of liberty, and rose as they fell;
those tumbled from high scaffolding, or
slipped from the mast, or wero washed off
into the sea. They camo up from Corinth,
from Laodicea, from the Red Sea bank and
Gennesaret's wave, from Egyptian brick
yards, and Gideon's threshing, floor. Those
thousands of years ago slept the last sleep,
and these are this moment having their eyes
closed, and their limbs stretched out for the
sepulcher.
A Ueneral expecting an attack from the
enemy- stands on a hill and looks through a
field glass, and sees, in the great distance,
multitudes approaching, but has no idea of
their numbers. He says: "I cannot tell any
thing about them, I merely know that there
are a great number." And so John, without
attempting to count, says: "A great multi
tude that no man can number " We are
told that heaven is a place of happiness; but
what do we know about happiness! Happi
ness in this world is only a half fledged thing;
a flowery path, with a serpent hissing across
it; a broken pitcher, from which the water
has dropped before we could drink it; a thrill
of exhilaration, followed by disastrous re
actions. To he!) us understand the joy of
heaven, the Bi hie takes us to a river, We
stand on tho grassy bank. We see tho waters
flow on with ceaMfle&R wave. But the iilth
of the cities is emptied into it, and the banks
arfi torn, end unii-ulthy pxli.ltinns's)r'.ng
up fn.n it, and we fail to eK i n idea oi tli'i
river uf life La heaven.
We get very imperfect ideas of the reunions
of heaven. We think of some festal day on
earth, when father and mother were yet liv
ing, and the children came home. A good
time that! But it had this drawback all
were not there. That brother went off to sea,
and never was heard from. That sister did
we not lay her away in the freshness of her
young life, never more in this world to look
upon her? Ah! there was a skeleton at the
feast; and tears mingled with qur laughter
on that Christmas day. Not so with heaven's
reunions. It will be on uninterrupted glad
ness. Many a Christian parent will look
around and find all his children there. "Ah !"
he says, "can it be possiblo that we are all
here life's perils over? the Jordan passed
and not one wanting? Why, even the prod
igal is here. I almost gave Uim up. How long
he despised my counsels ! but grace hath tri
umphed. All We! all here! Tell the mighty
joy through the city. Lot the bells ring, and
the angels mention it in their song. Wave it
from the top of the walls. All here !"
No more breaking of heartstrings, but face
to face. The orphans that wero left poor,
aud in a merciless world, kicked and cuffed
of many hardships, shall join their parents
over whose graves they so long wept, and
gaze into their glorifiiil countenancas for
ever, face to face. We may come up from
different parts of the world, one from the
land and another from tho depths of the sea;
from lives affluent and prosperous, or from
scenes of ragged distress; but we shall all
meet in rapture and jubilee, face to face.
Many ol our friends liavo entered upon that
joy. A few days ago they sat with us study
ing these Gospel themes; but they only saw
dimly now. revelation hath come. Your
time will also come. God will not leave you
floundering in tho darkness. You stand
wonder struck and amazed . You feel ns if
all the loveliness of lifo were dashed out. You
staud gazing into the open chasm of the
grave. Wait a little. In the presencs of
your departed and of Him who carries thorn
in His bosom, you shall soon stand face to
face. Oh ! that our last hour may kindle up
with this promised joy ! May we be able to
say, like the Christian not long ago, depart
ing: "Though a pilgrim walking through
the valley, the mountain tops are gleaming
from peak to peak I" or, like my dear f riehd
and brother, Alfred Copkman, who took his
flight to the throne of God, saying in his last
moment that which has already gone into
Christian classics: "I am sweeping through
the pearly gate, washed in the blood of the
Lamb!"
POST-OFFICE DEPARTMENT.
First Assistant Powtmavter (General
Clnrkfon's First Report.
The annual report of First Assistant Post
master General J, S. Clarksou shows that
2770 fourth-class post-office wero established
during the last fiscal year, as against 3S:J4
established during the previous year; 1117
post-offices were discontinued during the
same time, making the total lumber of post
offices in operation on July 1, 1389, SSJ.cf
which 3,083 were presidential oHices. The
increase in the whole numbar of post-ofliees
in operation at the end of the fiscal year was
M2' in excess of the previous year.
The whole number of appointments of
postmasters for the year is sno.wu to have
ueen 20,030, of which 8834 were on resigna
tions and commissions expired, 7, 853 on re
movals, 6a i on death of pos. masters, 'J,770 on
escabiishoient of post olliocs.
By tho annual adjustment of the salaries'
of postmasters whicu tootc eiftct July l,lb?0,
forty-six offices of the third Cia.is wci e re
duced to tho fourth class anu fifteen office
f the lourth class were raised to the nurd
cla&s, leaving L'lio'J presidential offices in op
eration on July 1, l'.81. The nuiuuer o'
money order offices m operation at tut closa
ot toe fiscal yer was uu increase of
47 tor the year. The number of mouey or
der stations iu operatiou July 1, 180'J, wan
144, an increaseof 14 over the previous year.
Tue number of postal note olltcts lu opera
tion at the end ot ths yeur was 557.
Toe report shows tuat on Juno 33, lbb!,
there wero 4j1 iree delivery post-onlces iu
operatiou, au lucreasa ol 43 tor the year,
lu about, iij other olluestbo free delivery
fcerviues has Deen estaui.aiiod since J une oJ.
188'J. The numuer ot carriers m the servi.-e
on July 1, 18b'., was 8.JS7, ati increase of
l'jyioverthd previous year. This lare in
crease, it is said, is mainly due to the enact
ment of the law limiting tun laoor of car
riers to eight hours a day. Thti number of
pieces of mail matter handiea by carriers
uurmg theyefar was 3,085,805,5114, au increase
of nearly 455,U0U,wu p.eces. ihe umouut
received for loeai pjstae wjb over $9,600, UuO
au increase for thd yepr of nearly $-,000,0 u.
The excess of postaee oa loeul matter over
tue tot ti cost ot tha servica ,578,e79,
an increase over the previous year oc 7j,
049. Fr0m the date ot the ostablistimeui o
LU free delivery system, July 1, 18(13, uutd
J uae 3J, i74( iUe cost &t the servica is shown
to nave excaeded the receipts from local
uostua. fcjiuoj the latter date the balau
on the credit side iis steadily iHoeeasidfr0'11
year to year.
Co o.iel J. F. Bates, tho superinteudant of
tiie fred delivery system, Ins recoinmende I
t General C-arksou the exclusion oi! the sor
vice to all places which have a population
of 50u0, the poifc-offioo of wnicli produces a
i;ross revenue tor thd previous tisoal year oi
at least $8,AH).
The cross receipts for the 8,f58.J presiden
tial officestor tueyear iva8?41,7..4,.UJ, which
is an increus ; oi b.o per ctmt, tor tue year.
Tne aggregate of the salaries of presidential
postmasters forth j year was $t,4:3J, 10J, rep
resenting an increase of 5.4 pjr cent. The
aggregate of tue estimates tor compensation
ot postmasters, cJrks and post-offices, reuts,
I it; hi'., luel, etc, for presidential offices is
.y.'-J.Sttr.SOO, an increase of $l,!37,4iJ us com
pared with the previous year.
A bomewhat novel ard intere ting
traffic v as wi n ss -d at Batoa lieu e,
la. It wasno:l)i"!g morj than a wagon
lo.id of tJrt'e, which were b i' g sold
by Ebnezer Ooze ot fifty cent; each.
Ooze says he left home with f avly-five
turtles and four allcgitors, and 1 a 1 sild
all but the five tnit es then in his wi gm
and 'they were ejga:el. He catties
them in Bat du Ror.gj bayou and Dei il
swamp, about seven miles nbjve the
city. ThosJtold were as la-gj round
as a La f bushel measure.
MARKETS.
B altimore Flour City Mil Is. e x tra , $ i. f 0
a$4.65. Wheat Routhern Fultz. bSaH;
Corn Southern White, 42a43 cts, Yellow
4ia42c. Oats Southern and Pennsylvania
2.'taUcts. : Rye Maryland & Pennsylvania
.WaJioets. ; Ha y Maryland and Pennsylvania
12 5:a$13 00;Straw-Wheat,7.5Ja8.5J;Butter,
Kastern Creane,v, lUa25c., near-by receipts
9al8ets; Cheese jwistern Fancy Cream. II '
tiUH cts.. Western, 10al0" ts: Egs L'3
a'-'S; Tobacco Leaf Inferior, la2.U0, Good
Common, 3 00a 4 00, Middling, 5a7.O0 Good
to flue red,8a9; Fancy, 10a13.
New York Flour Southern Common to
fair extra,2.50a$i.8"j: Wheut-Nol White 84
a4?i;Rye State.SlaotfCorn Southern
Yellow, 42a4-J. Oats- Wuite,Htate27ja2Sji
cts. ; Butter-State. 12ai!-l cts. : Cheose-dtaU),
ealOM cts.; Eggs-S4a24 cts.
Fnit.AMtt.PHlA Flour Pennsylvania
fancy, 4.35a4. 75: - Wheat lmnsylvania and
Southern Red, SOJgatsOH'; Hye-l'ennsvlvania
55,i66ct: Corn Southern Yellow, 415.i4,Jct.
Oats as1 029 cts.; Butter Htanslvu.ft cts.;
Cheese N. Y. Factory, Ua9; cts.- Eggs
State, aiacts.
CATTLE.
Baltimore Beef, 4 12a4 2j; Sheep S3 03
a5 00. Hogs $4 25a 4 'U
new York Bef5 00a7 00;Sheet-3 50
aftftO; Hogs M!U'.4 2V .
KAKT LtBEtlTV lien! 3 '.!' 00; fl)ev
4 n:;',3 Ot); Uogs f QOai . 5, '
TTUat's tue Baiter-vritn JTorkl
A pious aud prosperous bid deacon
9f Portsmouth, N. H., has lately been
speculating in pork on a "margin," and
or some months was very successful
n his ventures, so that ho saw visions
f great wealth in tho near future.
But after a time pork did not pay so
irell, and still he kept speculating un
iil a few weeks ago, when a sudden
oanio in pork" caused him to lose
ieavily," and to square himself he placed
tn attachment) to the amount he had
tost on his brokers, and sought to re
cover by law what he had lost by luck.
This sudden catastrophe, of course,
noised the secret of the deacon's specu
(ations abroad, and his unseemly haste
for wealth became the talk of the town.
But the deacon braved it down and
went about the streets with his head
as high as ever.
One evening last weok he attended
prayer meetiug as his church, and the
pastor called on him to lead the exer
cises by asking divina guidance. The
Invocation was after tho deacon's usual
tyle. Beginning with the President
nd his Cabinet, ho besought pros
perity for all the rulers of the nation,
State and city iu order. Then branch
ing off into lesser affairs he was praying
2loruently for the financial success of
all Portsmouth, enumerating every
trade and calling in succession, when
& sinful, mirth-loving boy in the back
part of the church called oat : "What's
the matter with pork?"
A large-siz.?d huish fell on the con
gregation then and there, during which
the good deacon made haste to "boil
Sown" his remarks and take his seat.
Next to having hU investments pan
9ut properly the deacon has an ardent
vearning to find that wicked boy. He
wants to talk with him.
The Teacher Wa3 Late.
Teacher Benjamin, how many times
must I tell you not to snap your fin
gers? Now put down your hand and
keep still. I shall heav what you have
to say presently. (Five minutes later.)
Now, then, Benjamin, what is it you
wanted to say?
BeDjamin There was a tramp in the
hall awhile ago, and I saw him go off
with your gold-headed parasol. Olive
Branch.
"'Mid pleasures and palaces, tho we may
roam.
Be it ever po hnmble, there's no place like
home,"
especial y if blessed with a wife whose hours
ard not spent in misery caused by those drag-ping-down
iaioH ai ising froai wraknesses pe
culiar to her sex. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre
scription relieves and cures these troubles and
brings sunshine to many darkened, homes.
Bold bydruggis's under a fwMttttw. piiaromVe
from manufacturers of satisfaction or money
refunded. Read guarantee on bottle-wrapper.
The cleansing, antiseplic and healing quali
ties of Dr. Sage's Ca arrh Remedy are . un.
equaled.
The future home of tho wicked is paved
with good Intentions, but the pavements
never blow up and the system has its
advantages.
How's This!
We offer One Hundred DoIIbm Reward for
any case of Catarr.i that cannot bs care d by
taking Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Chenkv & Co., Props.. Toledo, O.
We, tho undersi.fr' ed, have known. F. J.
Chf ney for the last 15 years, and hd. eve him
perfectly honorablo in all business transac
tions, and tbianctally able to carry out any oo
liKations made by their firm. ,
West & Trnax, Whftlesale Druirtrists, Toledo, O.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin. Wholesale Drug
gists, Toledo, Ohio.
E. II. Van Hoosen. Cashier Toledo National
Bank, Toledo, Ohio.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internttly, act
ing directly upon tha blood and mueous sur
faces of tho system. Price, 75c. per bottle,
bold by all Druggists.
Who hntli no more bread than he needs
should not keep a dog, but he generally
keeps seven.
Eyes Ears Nose
Are all more or legs affected by catarrh. Tho eyos
become Inflamed, red and watery, with dull, heavy
pain betweeu them; there are roaring, buzzing
nolseg In the ears, and sometimes the hearing is
affected; there is constant disagreeable discharge
from the nose, bad breath, and In many eases loss
of the sense of smell. AH these' disagreeable symp
toms disappear when the disease is cured by Hood
Sarsaparllla, which expels from the blood the Im
purity from which catarrh arises, tones and restore!
the diseased organs to health, and builds up thi
whole system.
N. B. Be sure to get
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. $1; six for $5. Prepared on!j
by O. I. HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
IOO Doses One Dollar
flJER AXLE
BEST IN TFIE WOULD Ullknub
Pf Got the Genuine. Sold Everywhere.
AFTER ALL OTHERS FA1LC0MSULT
329 North Fifteenth Ht Philadelphia, Pa., for
the treatment of Blood Poisons, 8kln Eruptions,
Nervous Complaints, Bright's Dlsentie. Strictures,
1m potency nnd kindred diseases, to matter of how
long staurling or from what cnuso originating.
tWT'en days' medicines furnished by mail rnrr
Bend for Book on .Sl'F.Ci A l IHfrt-iiscw. rflCCs
THE PATENT
WK Sublime Harmonie,
& f olo Accordeoni,
John T. Sthattosi & Soy
iluiA 43 Walker KU.
,..; - .. .
i-w m urn.
Importers of nil kinds ot
i mil Musical Merchandise.
JONES
PAV8THEFREICHT.
. Ta Whs: on 8c alt-,
Iron Leverf, utei-l hearing, BrM
Tar Beam ami Us am Box far
SCO.
Ererv tSr 8-ic. KorfrMprimlM
mention Ikia nawr and - ' '
JONES OF 6INGHAN3T0NL
. BINOHAMTON. N. Y-
FR
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Sec tlio larss advertisement in n previous issue of fliit paper. ' Rsrwl for Colored Announcement and Specimen Copies, free.
TIIIO
' If tnery tram an in this land knew for herself
the actual quality ot Dobbins' Electric (Soap,
nn nthtr ashing soap ronld be Bold. Millions
tfo uho i . but other millions have never U iou
it. llave if Ask your grocer for it.
Every day brinns Its bread, and the bill
tomes on Sstui day.
Oreceu. th raradtse f Frmer.
Mild, equable clinmt , certain aiid abundant
crops. Best fruit, grain, pross and stock coun
try In the world. Full information free. Ad.
dress Oregon Im'lKrat'n Hoard. Portland. Ore.
Who Uvea in a cr'ass house should make
atrHnffcmf nts tg move
The Mothtr'H Friend, used a few weeks be
fore otiflnement. lessens the pain and ninKes
ll or quick and comparatively easy. Isold by
aH Druggists, - ,
Fmoke tis bent "Tanalini Punch" Cigar.
Fear nothlnc ' vt sin, but keep away from
th elettrio licht wire.
Both the 'method and resulte 'when
8yrup of Figs is taken ; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
E;ntly yet promptly on the Kidneys,
iver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colda, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities com
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular, remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for salo in 50o
and $1 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FI0 SYRUP C0t
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
tWtSVILLE, KY. HEW YORK, N. V.
SilTH'S BILE BEANS
Act on t he liver and bile ; clear the complexion ;
cure biliousness, sick headache, coetiveness,
malaria and all liver and stomach disorders.
We are now mukinjr small size Bile Beans,
especially adapted for children and wonieii
very email and easy to take. Price of either
8ize25o per. bolt le. - ,
A panel stee PHOTOGRAVURE ot the
above picture, "KissiiiR nt 7-1T-70," mailed on
receipt of 2c stamp. Address the makers of the
great Anti-Bile Urmcdy "Mile Deans.
J. F. SMITH & CO.. St. Louis, Wo.
VOU WIM.NAVKJIOMIS
'linic. Tain, Trouble
mid will Cl'Ki;
CATARRH.
BY UfIKG
Ely's Cream Balm
ApplyBalm into each nostril
SLV Bros., io Warren St.. N.
SI QSI 0NE DOLLAR'S,
V K w wills oni in nm n iiitaii
euvAdULIU bULU fVAIUIl
BT OTT2 CLVS BTSTEM,
WRITE F0S PRICE UtT AND CISOUUfl.
L -
R. HARRIS & GO.
WOTCH ct.US
HcsoausRTtns;
108 E. Fayette St, Baltimore. Md
CopTriRhl VWA. Mnntion th'S Dp3r when writine-
BASE BALL i
CHAD WICK'S Manual
ii. x o in. 7UMU(es.
I ii hi luitpd t.over.
THLO. HOLLAND, p. 0. Zoz 120,-Phila Pa.
Al Vitliinlilo Treatise Givina
full Information of an Easy and Speedy curefrte 14
the afflicted. Dr. J. C. Hoffmah, Jefferson, Wisconsin.
I AIISF WANTED.
Bnl-aM I ImVS accustomed t
I want one or two
i lutclltxent ladles
to business. Employ
ment is iloaant cermancnt and profitable. A
dress J. BENRr BYMOSDS. 2J furchasc St.. Boston.
"No Present comparable to aCood
Book, or a subscription to a first
class Magazine like Wide m wake."
l-end rostal to D. LOTIIROP CO., Boston, Mas?., for
select list Books ana prospectus or their Magazines.
HAC fTI) l V. Book-ki ai'ing, Business Forma,
UMC Prnmiinaliip, Arl'hm'Uc,hhort bnd,etB.,
tborouphly tuuKlit by MAIL. Clrcuiitra frsa.
BrymnfaCollegs, 457 Min Bt. Buffalo. K. T.
OnillBA JMI51T. Only Certain an4
1 1 B R?1 easy C 1 ' l K in tlia World, Dr.
d WHISKEY HAB
ITS cured at homo yilh
opt. pain. Book of jjiir
uciilai'H sent FREE.
11 if ll'nriTTlrv VI IT
i tHMatinwmna m YT wiu. . , iu. 17.,
'AlLAirfATGar OUic 66 J Whitehall St. J
SB.
OFIUi HABIT.
Best Congh Medlclno.' RecommendGd by Physicians. -Curea
whoro all els fails.' Pleasant and affrcahla to tTi
esi
- - '
FREE TO JAH. I, IC90.
Tn any Vrrr Snlisrrihrr who will rut out nd fon US lilts slip. XfUh. tinrn and Toat
Ofl'.ro nddri'ss n.nl .SI.7.", xrm will -iul Tho Vntith'a Compnnlon rHilK to Jan, J.
l:xi. nnd for a full your from that dm. This offer Wl'nl-s h l orn IMit'I.l.fi
uoi.iiAy '1",i:k, ana m i u.m-.th 1 1.! wi ij. v surt'i !- "ik.vt.
Tir
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SOLD BY.
Druggists and Dealers.
THE CHARLES A. VOGELEtt CO., Bal'Ircora, Md,
HAVE A CAB?'
When von are addressed as above, vour first im
pulse is to loolt nt the driver. If the day be siotmjf
and Ihe driver is a wise innn, vou will find that b.- ,
wears a Fish Uraiid Slicker," and he will icll you
that he is as comfortable on the box as liis passenJ; ,..
per in the cab, and that lor his business this coat
n invaluable. When you get once inside a " Fwh '
Brand Slicker," there s no such thing ns weaiher
(or you. It doesn't make the smallest difference
whether it rains, hails, slscis, snows, or blows.
Vou are absolutely and solidly comfortable. . Get 1 .,
one at once. No danger of your not likiug it after- .
war4s, I tis a was'e of money to boy any othe.v -Tvalerproof
coat. They are worthless after a fe 1
weeks of hard mage, lleware of worthless Im
itations, every parment stamped with the " Fish
Brand " Trade Mark. Don'l arcept any inferior .
coat when you can have the " Fish Brand Slicker" .
delivered without extra cost. Particulars and
illustrated catalogue true.
A. J, TOWER, - Boston, tviass
JBtyADFIELR
MENSTRUAT10M
, OR MONTHLY BtCKNCSS .
If Tpvni.N buRVHti chahqc: op vc
GRLKTi'BKHSE.R 9U?fE.RlW8VllliBEM0lDU
- jBook TO'WOMAN'afz?
BRRDFIELD REGULATOR W-JKuMuR GAj
1 1f YOTJ WTBH A
if nvtiiivnu :
mrehasn one of the role
rated SMITH & WESSON
irmi Ths flnoBt email arms
iver manufactured and ths
Iral: .-Vinlr of all pxiwrts.
orMifotnrpfl Iniwllhrm32.:isand 44-HO.
lUnvJmifilK nrtlrm. Knfntv HnmrnorloHa
rantet models, uonstructpa pniireiyoi sent qHi
Ity wrouelit Bteel, carefully insiwted for work- .'
nanshp and stock, Ibey are unrivsltid to nnl"h, 1
Inrabillty nnd ncrnrncy. Donotl;edivd by
ibeap mallenble cnsf-lron I niitu tlotm which
re often sold fo the tannine, artli-lo anrt- sr not
m!v nnrollsble, but dsns-erons. Tho SMITH
S7ESSON KevolTura are nil stnmjwd Wpon the bar-
wis with Ann's name, address and date of jnU cts
md are ninrnnteed porfeot in Tory dptstL In
istnpon having ths jn-nulne articln, and If your
leader cnanot supply you an ordi-r sent to addrHM
flow will receivrt promot and cnrefnl attention. -bescrntiyeoatalfiarnfl
t! nrlws furniMhol norm ap-
,licatoa. SMITH & WESSON, .
fyTIentlon this pSocr. Wartngticl. iIasw
Safety ;.
Barrel
Catch.
SWIFT
1 Double Action
AUTOMATIC
REVOLVER.
tTneqnsIledfor Symmetry, P.psnty, Ma
terial, and Workmannhin. With Sat'etv
Catch, Impossible to throw barrel open when dis- 1
eharped. New Patent. a8 callbro, using S. & ...
V. F. Ctirt.ritln-K.- ionalbvv until v ok hnv
examined thin. If you buy a grcnuine Swift
IIAllhln.Arflnn Krivnlvni. -crnilfrrA 1111 f" I,
have) its oerfect a Pistol h -(in IhSiefStiln.
Sent post paid on receipt of price, bendi&r..
ttt ttamm fur erir 1(KI paije illustrated calalogut o
Gunx, Rinim. Revolvers. Polier (roods, etc.
John P. LoTcll Arms Co., JIfrs.. Boston. Hunt.
ytucicoo coat, VyA
These ire tnv portrait, nnd vi
ac-ount of Ihe frsattatent air itumpi,
lotionitete.,oIlfrcd lor develcpaieni,
I fin leu anriwvi Ktt wnan
t'jea io secort Kmc cnBftes.
HEALTH (m of thst
UM (Mlinff n,l .11
I ftmsje Slsntnei), bnnrbiTx
f OHM, lirlinint ttii-
ui urtKlW nnn COMPLEXION anmrarl.
Will wnil wtkJ-
IUt. Arll kdTArtttlcff ftanrit. N'aiM ilili papor, an.l mtrfmM '
IbU. It M. Uuit, ilos SJ4, titnu C, M FruiciicB, Cai.
I prprlbp and tu'ly en
dorse Bir d as th' only
speclfle fortheecrtai .cms
of this disease. V
G.H.IJSOliAHASr.M. D.,
. Amsterdam, N. V.
We bavo sold Big O foi
tnsny years, and It hoi
daoinnatI,K3g faetisn.
Ohio. j D. JR. jJYCHE 6 CO..
TnPi1aiirkiitI.OO. Boldby Pruifglsta
CHICHESTER'S ENGLISH
BSO CaOSO DIAMOND BRAND.
ioie -Ja ttiway. reiiaoio. Ladlen,
al Urngllt tor JHanumd Brand, lu
rci, mr-tnino ooxc. alal with blue .
ribboa. Tnbfl nn n , .11 nlft.
in bafrieboard boxeu ulok tmnMri .m
danfrcroiia coutitfrli-K. Rend 4...
) for pariioiilnrfi, wmlmoninla aarl
"Kelic-r for Lalka,nn Inter, by return
mull. Name Paper.
ItalclintBr O-u'l to- Madboa S., rfalla.F
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